Rick Noriega on Education

Democratic Senate Challenger

Address our crumbling school system

Rick Noriega knows that Washington's failure to address our crumbling school system is failing our children and destroying our future. Noriega will settle for nothing less than giving our children the vital skills and values needed to compete in the 21st
century global economy.

He'll work to fix the so-called "No Child Left Behind" law so that measures of student achievement and classroom accountability go beyond a single standardized test, and he'll end unfunded education mandates out of Washington.

Source: Campaign website, www.ricknoriega.com, "Issues"
Jun 3, 2008

Scrap "No Child Left Behind"

Q: Do you favor scrapping "No Child Left Behind?"

A: Yes. Bush left the education community of Texas in a shambles of testing & failed accountability schemes; now we see his Administration doing the same to the nation's schools. The best accountability
is providing the federal funds to ensure quality teachers and staff and adequate materials, books and technology. Local school districts in Texas must be unfettered from the pressures of teaching the test and only worrying about arbitrary test scores.